The Tesla coil in Jadis is a scale model, but a real cabinet generator designed by the visionary Nikola Tesla — father of alternating current, inventor of remote radio controlled devices in the 1890s, before anyone had a radio — sits just inside the door.

The Tesla coil in Jadis is a scale model, but a real cabinet generator designed by the visionary Nikola Tesla — father of alternating current, inventor of remote radio controlled devices in the 1890s, before anyone had a radio — sits just inside the door. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

The Tesla coil in Jadis is a scale model, but a real cabinet generator designed by the visionary Nikola Tesla — father of alternating current, inventor of remote radio controlled devices in the 1890s, before anyone had a radio — sits just inside the door.